"Manche Staatsrechtslehrer gehen inzwischen merklich weiter als der Innenminister: Der Rechtsstaat wie der Staat überhaupt werde in der Auseinandersetzung mit dem »Feind«, dem terroristischen Islamismus, zum Opfer seiner Zurückhaltung, argumentieren sie. Um Waffengleichheit im asymmetrischen Kampf herzustellen, müsse dieser Rechtsstaat selbst zum Instrument in dem Konflikt werden. Zum Schutz des Staates sei das »Bürgeropfer« gefordert, Politik müsse ohne rechtsstaatliche Fisimatentchen entscheiden können. [...] Dagegen Udo di Fabio unverblümt: Er halte es für eine Krankheit, dass ständig unser System infrage gestellt werde. Kein guter Ratgeber sei die »intellektuelle Lust« am antizipierten Ausnahmezustand. Furchtlos müssten die Bürger zwar leben können, man dürfe sich aber nicht in eine Notzeit hineinreden, in der alle Mittel erlaubt seien."

Erst für die Vorratsdatenspeicherung stimmen im Bundestag und dann darauf hoffen, dass das Verfassungsgericht die Abstimmung für nichtig erklärt. Verrückter geht es kaum noch.

"The fate of prisoners secreted away under the Bush administration is in some ways worse than even Hollywood has portrayed. [...] Within days it emerged that el-Masri was indeed the wrong man. It was a "100 percent case of mistaken identity," said another former agency official. Yet, despite this discovery, el-Masri spent 18 weeks in solitary confinement in a CIA "black site," or secret prison used by the United States in its war on terror. [...] In the course of investigating the rendition program for the past four years, I have interviewed victims, CIA pilots, case officers who have actually carried out renditions, senior CIA officers who directed such operations and officials at the White House who were involved in authorizing such measures. All of these sources told me in private or on the record that repeated claims by the White House that we "don't send people to countries where they will be tortured" are plain lies. [...] Inside its own "black site" prisons, the CIA uses interrogation methods that -- while falling short of the medieval techniques used in the Arab world -- still, in the eyes of many within the agency, amount to straightforward torture. [...] Physical torture, like the beatings he later endured, could be overcome, he said, but psychological torture "lives with you all your life." [...] Most of the terrorist suspects involved remain in custody and cannot talk. [...] Recently, by refusing to hear the lawsuit of Khaled el-Masri, the U.S. Supreme Court has added to this veil of secrecy. [...] As long as a terror suspect remains a "ghost prisoner" whose location and fate can only be guessed at, then a prison guard or interrogator need feel little fear of the consequences of what he or she might do. Secrecy is a friend of the torturer."

Ja, auch in den USA nehmen die Gefährder von Verfassung und Menschenrechten für sich in Anspruch, dass es ja keine "Denkverbote" geben dürfe. So auch Mukasey, Kandidat für den Posten des Attorney General in den USA. Als "unabhängiges" Denken wird dort bezeichnet, dass er Folter total prima (= lebensnotwendig) findet. Demnach waren Hitler und Stalin vermutlich echte Freigeister und hervorragende, kritische und unabhängig denkende Intellektuelle.

"The question of whether waterboarding constitutes torture is a no-brainer. Our nation and many others have recognized for decades that it does. One doesn't have to have been "read into" the details of a classified program, as President Bush has suggested, to reach a judgment about this interrogation technique. [...] If we were to legitimize cruelty -- as those who espouse waterboarding would wish us to do -- we would do violence to the concept of inalienable and inviolable personal rights. The protection afforded by law to core human dignity would be shattered, with incalculable damage to our nation's deepest values, founding principles and constitutional order."

Netzeitung.de mit ihrer DPA-Version über den skandalösen Polizeiüberfall auf den Blogger vom Weblog "Too Much Cookies Network" (http://www.toomuchcookies.net/) und seine Ehefrau.

FR-Online über den skandalösen Polizeiüberfall auf den Blogger vom Weblog "Too Much Cookies Network" (http://www.toomuchcookies.net/) und seine firsch vermählte Ehefrau.

Pseudo-Jugendschutz. Aber Hauptsache man tut was und hält die Fassade weiter aufrecht, dass der Staat mit Gesetzen wirksam die Jugend vor gefährlichen Medien schützen könne und deshalb die Informationsfreiheit für alle Bürger einschränken müsse.

"A key Democratic congressman accused ExxonMobil last week of pushing junk science intended to fool the public into believing Alaskan polar bears are not in danger. The U.S. Geological Survey recently concluded that climate change and other factors would reduce the global polar bear population by two thirds by 2050, and wipe out the Alaskan polar bear population entirely. Newer research has indicated that could happen even more quickly. But a new scientific paper, funded in part by ExxonMobil, called some of that research into question [...]. Environmentalists have for years pushed the federal government to categorize the animal as "threatened," which would afford it increased environmental protections. That could complicate petroleum companies' efforts to develop oil and gas operations in Alaska [...]."

"Lawmakers are advancing efforts to curtail energy giant Chevron's activities in Myanmar, which are said to provide significant financial support for the ruling military junta. [...] Much of the ruling junta's financial support comes from the royalties and other revenue paid by Chevron and the other members of the gas operation. The group paid more than $2 billion to the Myanmar government last year, according to the group Human Rights Watch. [...] On Tuesday, the House Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved a bill by its chairman, Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., that would bar the firm from paying taxes to the government of Myanmar, or write off expenses relating to the project from its U.S. tax bill. The legislation now moves to two other committees for approval, before it is voted on by the full House."